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The owners of the fish pond, Jane and Joachim Romez, have decided to add some additional landscaping in their

backyard by planting Japanese peonies. They want to create a flowerbed along one side of their 24 yard-long


fence. They plan to start with a flowerbed that is 8 yards long and 1 foot wide and expand it later. The peony


plants need to be planted 2 feet apart.


How many peony do they need to


Purchase to fill the 8-yard-long flowerbed?

User Stu Cox
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Final answer:

Jane and Joachim need to purchase 12 peony plants to fill their 8-yard-long flowerbed, as each peony requires 2 feet of space and the flowerbed is 24 feet long.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks how many peony plants Jane and Joachim Romez need to purchase to fill their 8-yard-long flowerbed, given that the plants need to be planted 2 feet apart. To solve this, we first convert the length of the flowerbed from yards to feet because the spacing of the plants is given in feet.

Since 1 yard is equal to 3 feet, an 8-yard-long bed is 8 x 3 feet, which is 24 feet long. If peony plants require 2 feet of space each, we can fit 1 plant per 2 feet of length. Therefore, to find out how many plants are needed, we divide the total length of the flowerbed by the spacing between the plants.

24 feet ÷ 2 feet per plant = 12 plants.

Hence, Jane and Joachim need to purchase 12 peony plants for their flowerbed.

User K Roobroeck
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Answer:

12 i think

Step-by-step explanation:

3 feet in a yard. 3 times 8 is 24. divided by 2 feet. is twelve

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